Tour de France 2014 – Stage 04 [FULL STAGE]

July 8, 2014

Tour de France 2014 – Stage 4 – Le Touquet-Paris-Plage – Lille Métropole : 163,5 km

The 101st Tour de France is a special occasion for Great Britain with Yorkshire hosting the Grand Départ in Leeds on July 5 and Chris Froome looking to defend the title he won last year and make it three British wins in a row. From Great Britain, the race makes an excursion into Belgium to mark the 100th anniversary of the First World War and visits the pavé of Paris-Roubaix and heads south, skirting the Eastern frontier of France as La Grand Boucle makes its way across the Vosges, Alps and Pyrenees in a finely balanced route with ample opportunities for the sprinters and just one individual time trial. The reintroduction of cobbles, last seen in 2010, will ensure a more anxious first week than the peloton is accustomed too, while the first three British stages of the Tour aren’t as straight forward as they seem. With a brief foray into the Alps, the visit of the Pyrenees in the third week will decide the 2014 Tour de France champion with the solitary time trial, a leg busting 54km, the final roll of the dice for the likes of Chris Froome, Alberto Contador and Vincenzo Nibali.

Giant-Shimano’s Marcel Kittel won a close-fought sprint to take stage 4 of the Tour de France from Le Touquet-Paris-Plage to Lille. The German managed to ease out Alexander Kristoff (Katusha) and Arnaud Démare (FDJ.fr) to seal his third stage victory of the race, while race leader Vincenzo Nibali (Astana) enjoyed another relatively quiet day in the saddle.

Defending champion Chris Froome (Team Sky) had no such luck, crashing near the start of the stage and sustaining a number of cuts and abrasions. He rode the rest of the race with his left wrist in a harness and will undergo medical evaluations after the stage.

Kittel had no such problems, stepping onto the podium for the third of four stages. He’s only one stage away from equalling his haul of four stage wins from last year and despite a difficult run-in into Lille, his raw speed was enough to take the victory again. Even when Kristoff had a slight gap inside the closing 200 meters, Kittel refused to panic, coming off of Omega Pharma-QuickStep sprinter Mark Renshaw’s wheel before scooping up Kristoff and crossing the line first.

“It was really fast and difficult to stay together with the team. In the end, the boys delivered me to the front,” the stage winner said.

“I was able to sit on the wheel of Renshaw, I was only thinking about the last corner. They told me at 250 meters I could see the finish line and I was almost tempted to go already at 500 because I couldn’t see where I was. I had to sit down again. I went really long. It was everything I had, it was really difficult.”

It certainly wasn’t an easy finish for Kittel. The sprinter was forced to navigate through the final few hundred meters as his rivals massed around him. Perhaps his presence in the heat of the battle already had a few of them beaten because of his dominance so far in the race, and there was a certain amount of inevitability once Renshaw turned back to see the towering German on his shoulder. Omega’s Mark Cavendish is at home injured but other sprinters like André Greipel (Lotto Belisol) should have been competing with Kittel. Unfortunately, a late crash took out half of the Lotto man’s lead-out train but nevertheless the man from Rostock is far from his best at the moment.

On Wednesday, Kittel will have to give centre stage to the Classics specialists and overall contenders but his mark on the race has already been made: three wins, a day in yellow and not a hair from his coiffured head out of place.

Vive la France

With the English coastline no more than a speck on the horizon, it was time for the Tour to take on the more familiar sights and sounds of the French countryside. With the race passing by the same region as where Cofidis are based, there was little surprise when Luis Mate (Cofidis, Credit Solutions) scurried clear in the opening kilometres. Thomas Voeckler (Europcar) soon joined him but with an almost-pan flat parcours and with the sprinters out of the limelight the following day, it would have taken remarkable circumstances for the duo to alter the script.

What wasn’t in the script was Froome’s fall. So far, the defending champion hasn’t put a foot nor a pedal stroke wrong the race. However, the Tour can throw up a surprise when you’re least expecting it and inside the first four kilometres, a slight deviation up ahead left Froome with no where to go but on the ground. He hit the deck and Bauke Mollema (Belkin), an overall contender in his own right, was down too.

The peloton eased up and waited – giving the break a chance to establish itself – as Froome dusted himself off and began to chase. His team dropped back but the sight of his ripped jersey and shorts were a reminder of the fall he took at the Dauphiné, when he also landed on his left-hand side.

Once normality had returned and the heart rates of those in Sky’s team car had dropped, attention turned back to the two leaders. Such contrasting styles: Mate almost glued to the saddle, and immersed in concentration as his companion, Voeckler, gesticulated with anyone and anything around him. Somehow though, the partnership worked and they established a respectable lead as they headed east and towards Lille.

The field splits after intermediate sprint in Cassel

With the peloton five kilometres from the sprint at Cassel, the green jersey of Peter Sagan, who’s bike is custom painted with the Wolverine on it, moved up through the field. No matter which Marvel Comics superhero his team portray him to be, the Cannondale rider is nothing but ruthless in his pursuit of the green jersey.

He eased out the impressive Bryan Coquard (Europcar) for third but the sprint, which had come at the top of a climb, and provided an opportunity for Lotto Belisol and Cannondale to increased the pace and split the peloton into two groups.

Joaquim Rodriguez (Katusha), Pierre Rolland (Europcar) and Michael Kwiatkowski (Omega Pharma-QuickStep) all lost ground and it forced almost the entire Omega Pharma-QuickStep team to drop back.

Up ahead, the partnership between Mate and Voeckler came to a dramatic end with the Spaniard puncturing.

Even when Kwiatkowski’s group had made contact with the peloton his team’s bad luck wasn’t over with Niki Terpstra crashing and needing a bike change.

Voeckler continued to plough on on his own off the front, cheered on by a French crowd eager to see one of their own animate the race back on French soil.

On the Mont Noir, the 35-year-old held a mere 1:17 minutes over the peloton but with Giant-Shimano amassing on the front, he stood little chance to make it to the finish line alone.

Another crash, with the tarmac now damp and littered with road furniture, saw Greipel lose a trio of his Lotto lead-out men as Bart de Clerq, Lars Bak and Gregory Henderson hit the ground. The latter was the worst off and was forced out of the race all together.

Voeckler was eventually caught inside the last 16km, and there was further late drama as Sagan also fell. He was forced to chase and managed to reach the front just in time to latch onto Kittel’s rear wheel for the sprint.

Results :
1 Marcel Kittel (Ger) Team Giant-Shimano 3:36:39
2 Alexander Kristoff (Nor) Team Katusha
3 Arnaud Demare (Fra) FDJ.fr
4 Peter Sagan (Svk) Cannondale
5 Bryan Coquard (Fra) Team Europcar
6 André Greipel (Ger) Lotto-Belisol
7 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Omega Pharma-Quick Step
8 Danny Van Poppel (Ned) Trek Factory Racing
9 Davide Cimolai (Ita) Lampre – Merida
10 Daniel Oss (Ita) BMC Racing Team
11 Heinrich Haussler (Aus) IAM Cycling
12 Michael Albasini (Swi) Orica Greenedge
13 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
14 Romain Feillu (Fra) Bretagne – Seche Environnement
15 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) BMC Racing Team
16 Zakkari Dempster (Aus) Team Netapp-Endura
17 Elia Viviani (Ita) Cannondale
18 Alberto Contador (Spa) Tinkoff-Saxo
19 Jens Keukeleire (Bel) Orica Greenedge
20 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Movistar Team
21 Michal Kwiatkowski (Pol) Omega Pharma-Quick Step
22 Adrien Petit (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
23 Jakob Fuglsang (Den) Astana Pro Team
24 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Astana Pro Team
25 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Garmin – Sharp
26 José Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Movistar Team
27 Roger Kluge (Ger) IAM Cycling
28 Andrew Talansky (USA) Garmin – Sharp
29 Reto Hollenstein (Swi) IAM Cycling
30 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) IAM Cycling
31 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) BMC Racing Team
32 Michael Schär (Swi) BMC Racing Team
33 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Lotto-Belisol
34 Tejay Van Garderen (USA) BMC Racing Team
35 Romain Bardet (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
36 Lars Boom (Ned) Belkin Pro Cycling
37 Paul Voss (Ger) Team Netapp-Endura
38 Tiago Machado (Por) Team Netapp-Endura
39 Mathias Frank (Swi) IAM Cycling
40 Armindo Fonseca (Fra) Bretagne – Seche Environnement
41 Leopold Konig (Cze) Team Netapp-Endura
42 Christopher Froome (GBr) Team Sky
43 Tom Dumoulin (Ned) Team Giant-Shimano
44 Jurgen Roelandts (Bel) Lotto-Belisol
45 Jon Izaguirre Insausti (Spa) Movistar Team
46 Peter Velits (Svk) BMC Racing Team
47 Brice Feillu (Fra) Bretagne – Seche Environnement
48 Jean-Christophe Péraud (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
49 Bauke Mollema (Ned) Belkin Pro Cycling
50 Nicolas Roche (Irl) Tinkoff-Saxo
51 Christopher Horner (USA) Lampre – Merida
52 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Belkin Pro Cycling
53 Kristijan Durasek (Cro) Lampre – Merida
54 Kévin Reza (Fra) Team Europcar
55 Haimar Zubeldia Agirre (Spa) Trek Factory Racing
56 Mikel Nieve Iturralde (Spa) Team Sky
57 Tanel Kangert (Est) Astana Pro Team
58 Thibaut Pinot (Fra) FDJ.fr
59 Arthur Vichot (Fra) FDJ.fr
60 Jesus Herrada Lopez (Spa) Movistar Team
61 Richie Porte (Aus) Team Sky
62 Tony Gallopin (Fra) Lotto-Belisol
63 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Trek Factory Racing
64 Michael Rogers (Aus) Tinkoff-Saxo
65 Rui Alberto Costa (Por) Lampre – Merida
66 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Orica Greenedge
67 Yury Trofimov (Rus) Team Katusha
68 Cyril Gautier (Fra) Team Europcar
69 Frank Schleck (Lux) Trek Factory Racing
70 Pierre Rolland (Fra) Team Europcar
71 Geraint Thomas (GBr) Team Sky
72 Bram Tankink (Ned) Belkin Pro Cycling
73 Nelson Oliveira (Por) Lampre – Merida
74 Alexander Porsev (Rus) Team Katusha
75 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Cannondale
76 Martin Elmiger (Swi) IAM Cycling
77 Gregory Rast (Swi) Trek Factory Racing
78 Markel Irizar Arranburu (Spa) Trek Factory Racing
79 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Team Sky
80 Jens Voigt (Ger) Trek Factory Racing
81 Gatis Smukulis (Lat) Team Katusha
82 Egor Silin (Rus) Team Katusha
83 Imanol Erviti Ollo (Spa) Movistar Team
84 Tony Martin (Ger) Omega Pharma-Quick Step
85 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Omega Pharma-Quick Step
86 Ben Gastauer (Lux) AG2R La Mondiale
87 Marco Marcato (Ita) Cannondale
88 Bartosz Huzarski (Pol) Team Netapp-Endura
89 Vasili Kiryienka (Blr) Team Sky
90 Alexandre Pichot (Fra) Team Europcar
91 Arnold Jeannesson (Fra) FDJ.fr
92 Jérémy Roy (Fra) FDJ.fr
93 Steven Kruijswijk (Ned) Belkin Pro Cycling
94 Tom Jelte Slagter (Ned) Garmin – Sharp
95 Janier Alexis Acevedo Calle (Col) Garmin – Sharp
96 Vladimir Isaichev (Rus) Team Katusha
97 John Darwin Atapuma (Col) BMC Racing Team
98 Amaël Moinard (Fra) BMC Racing Team
99 Maciej Bodnar (Pol) Cannondale 0:00:16
100 Cyril Lemoine (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 0:00:17
101 Mickaël Delage (Fra) FDJ.fr
102 Matteo Trentin (Ita) Omega Pharma-Quick Step 0:00:26
103 Michael Morkov (Den) Tinkoff-Saxo
104 Koen De Kort (Ned) Team Giant-Shimano
105 Tom Veelers (Ned) Team Giant-Shimano
106 Rudy Molard (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
107 Egoitz Garcia Echeguibel (Spa) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
108 Sébastien Minard (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:00:31
109 Roy Curvers (Ned) Team Giant-Shimano 0:00:34
110 John Degenkolb (Ger) Team Giant-Shimano
111 Adam Hansen (Aus) Lotto-Belisol
112 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Lotto-Belisol
113 Jean-Marc Bideau (Fra) Bretagne – Seche Environnement 0:00:41
114 Jan Barta (Cze) Team Netapp-Endura
115 William Bonnet (Fra) FDJ.fr
116 Matthew Busche (USA) Trek Factory Racing
117 Ruben Plaza Molina (Spa) Movistar Team
118 Anthony Delaplace (Fra) Bretagne – Seche Environnement
119 Benoit Jarrier (Fra) Bretagne – Seche Environnement 0:00:50
120 Florian Vachon (Fra) Bretagne – Seche Environnement
121 Sergio Miguel Moreira Paulinho (Por) Tinkoff-Saxo
122 José Pimenta Costa Mendes (Por) Team Netapp-Endura
123 Rein Taaramäe (Est) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
124 Michal Golas (Pol) Omega Pharma-Quick Step
125 José Serpa (Col) Lampre – Merida
126 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Omega Pharma-Quick Step
127 Luca Paolini (Ita) Team Katusha 0:00:55
128 Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) Team Europcar
129 Lars Bak (Den) Lotto-Belisol 0:01:09
130 Kristijan Koren (Slo) Cannondale
131 Cedric Pineau (Fra) FDJ.fr
132 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Astana Pro Team 0:01:19
133 Stef Clement (Ned) Belkin Pro Cycling
134 Christian Meier (Can) Orica Greenedge
135 Matteo Montaguti (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale 0:01:28
136 Sébastien Reichenbach (Swi) IAM Cycling
137 Marcel Wyss (Swi) IAM Cycling
138 Albert Timmer (Ned) Team Giant-Shimano 0:01:32
139 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Orica Greenedge
140 Jan Bakelants (Bel) Omega Pharma-Quick Step
141 Florian Guillou (Fra) Bretagne – Seche Environnement 0:01:32
142 Matthieu Ladagnous (Fra) FDJ.fr
143 Yohann Gene (Fra) Team Europcar 0:01:43
144 Jean Marc Marino (Fra) Cannondale
145 John Gadret (Fra) Movistar Team
146 Simon Clarke (Aus) Orica Greenedge 0:01:45
147 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Tinkoff-Saxo 0:02:05
148 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Tinkoff-Saxo
149 Jesus Alberto Hernandez Blazquez (Spa) Tinkoff-Saxo
150 Lieuwe Westra (Ned) Astana Pro Team
151 Simon Spilak (Slo) Team Katusha
152 Nicolas Edet (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
153 Andreas Schillinger (Ger) Team Netapp-Endura
154 Daniel Navarro Garcia (Spa) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
155 Benat Intxausti (Spa) Movistar Team
156 Ariel Maximiliano Richeze (Arg) Lampre – Merida
157 Joaquim Rodriguez (Spa) Team Katusha
158 Xabier Zandio Echaide (Spa) Team Sky
159 Perrig Quemeneur (Fra) Team Europcar
160 Rafael Valls (Spa) Lampre – Merida
161 Simon Yates (GBr) Orica Greenedge
162 Danny Pate (USA) Team Sky
163 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Movistar Team 0:02:23
164 Svein Tuft (Can) Orica Greenedge 0:02:51
165 Luke Durbridge (Aus) Orica Greenedge
166 Maarten Wynants (Bel) Belkin Pro Cycling
167 Thomas Leezer (Ned) Belkin Pro Cycling
168 Dries Devenyns (Bel) Team Giant-Shimano 0:03:37
169 Benjamin King (USA) Garmin – Sharp 0:03:53
170 Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) Garmin – Sharp
171 Blel Kadri (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:04:19
172 Arnaud Gerard (Fra) Bretagne – Seche Environnement
173 Ramunas Navardauskas (Ltu) Garmin – Sharp
174 Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz) Astana Pro Team
175 Dmitriy Gruzdev (Kaz) Astana Pro Team
176 Alessandro De Marchi (Ita) Cannondale
177 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Astana Pro Team
178 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Team Europcar 0:04:40
179 Luis Angel Mate Mardones (Spa) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
180 Sep Vanmarcke (Bel) Belkin Pro Cycling 0:05:40
181 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) IAM Cycling 0:05:43
182 Peter Stetina (USA) BMC Racing Team 0:05:52
183 Mikael Cherel (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
184 Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
185 Julien Simon (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
186 Rafal Majka (Pol) Tinkoff-Saxo
187 David De La Cruz Melgarejo (Spa) Team Netapp-Endura
188 David Lopez Garcia (Spa) Team Sky
189 Alex Howes (USA) Garmin – Sharp 0:07:11
190 Jack Bauer (NZl) Garmin – Sharp
191 Bart De Clercq (Bel) Lotto-Belisol 0:07:26
192 Cheng Ji (Chn) Team Giant-Shimano
193 Edward King (USA) Cannondale
194 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Astana Pro Team
DNF Gregory Henderson (NZl) Lotto-Belisol
DNS Andy Schleck (Lux) Trek Factory Racing

General Classification after Stage 4 :
1 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Astana Pro Team 17:07:52
2 Peter Sagan (Svk) Cannondale 0:00:02
3 Michael Albasini (Swi) Orica Greenedge
4 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) BMC Racing Team
5 Alberto Contador (Spa) Tinkoff-Saxo
6 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Movistar Team
7 Christopher Froome (GBr) Team Sky
8 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Lotto-Belisol
9 Bauke Mollema (Ned) Belkin Pro Cycling
10 Jakob Fuglsang (Den) Astana Pro Team
11 Romain Bardet (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
12 Tejay Van Garderen (USA) BMC Racing Team
13 Tiago Machado (Por) Team Netapp-Endura
14 Jean-Christophe Péraud (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
15 Rui Alberto Costa (Por) Lampre – Merida
16 Mikel Nieve Iturralde (Spa) Team Sky
17 Haimar Zubeldia Agirre (Spa) Trek Factory Racing
18 Richie Porte (Aus) Team Sky
19 Michal Kwiatkowski (Pol) Omega Pharma-Quick Step
20 Tony Gallopin (Fra) Lotto-Belisol
21 Andrew Talansky (USA) Garmin – Sharp
22 Geraint Thomas (GBr) Team Sky 0:00:16
23 Mathias Frank (Swi) IAM Cycling
24 Thibaut Pinot (Fra) FDJ.fr
25 Nicolas Roche (Irl) Tinkoff-Saxo
26 Tanel Kangert (Est) Astana Pro Team
27 Tom Dumoulin (Ned) Team Giant-Shimano
28 Christopher Horner (USA) Lampre – Merida
29 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Belkin Pro Cycling
30 Yury Trofimov (Rus) Team Katusha
31 Alexander Kristoff (Nor) Team Katusha 0:00:35
32 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Trek Factory Racing
33 Peter Velits (Svk) BMC Racing Team
34 Martin Elmiger (Swi) IAM Cycling
35 Arthur Vichot (Fra) FDJ.fr
36 Egor Silin (Rus) Team Katusha
37 Jan Bakelants (Bel) Omega Pharma-Quick Step 0:00:56
38 Marco Marcato (Ita) Cannondale 0:00:58
39 Rudy Molard (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 0:01:01
40 Leopold Konig (Cze) Team Netapp-Endura 0:01:18
41 Brice Feillu (Fra) Bretagne – Seche Environnement 0:01:19
42 Daniel Oss (Ita) BMC Racing Team
43 Bram Tankink (Ned) Belkin Pro Cycling
44 Frank Schleck (Lux) Trek Factory Racing 0:01:21
45 Pierre Rolland (Fra) Team Europcar
46 John Darwin Atapuma (Col) BMC Racing Team
47 Paul Voss (Ger) Team Netapp-Endura 0:01:40
48 Cyril Gautier (Fra) Team Europcar
49 Jesus Herrada Lopez (Spa) Movistar Team 0:01:45
50 Janier Alexis Acevedo Calle (Col) Garmin – Sharp
51 Kristijan Durasek (Cro) Lampre – Merida 0:02:24
52 Anthony Delaplace (Fra) Bretagne – Seche Environnement 0:02:26
53 Michael Rogers (Aus) Tinkoff-Saxo 0:02:34
54 Sébastien Reichenbach (Swi) IAM Cycling 0:02:49
55 Steven Kruijswijk (Ned) Belkin Pro Cycling 0:02:50
56 Tom Jelte Slagter (Ned) Garmin – Sharp
57 Marcel Wyss (Swi) IAM Cycling 0:03:29
58 Daniel Navarro Garcia (Spa) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 0:03:45
59 Bartosz Huzarski (Pol) Team Netapp-Endura 0:03:47
60 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Cannondale
61 Jens Keukeleire (Bel) Orica Greenedge 0:03:59
62 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Orica Greenedge 0:04:22
63 Simon Clarke (Aus) Orica Greenedge 0:04:46
64 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Astana Pro Team 0:04:59
65 Ben Gastauer (Lux) AG2R La Mondiale 0:05:46
66 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Astana Pro Team 0:05:59
67 Arnold Jeannesson (Fra) FDJ.fr 0:06:51
68 Simon Yates (GBr) Orica Greenedge 0:08:31
69 Simon Spilak (Slo) Team Katusha 0:08:37
70 Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) Team Europcar 0:08:38
71 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) IAM Cycling 0:08:40
72 Alessandro De Marchi (Ita) Cannondale 0:08:44
73 Egoitz Garcia Echeguibel (Spa) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 0:09:06
74 José Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Movistar Team 0:10:31
75 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
76 Michael Schär (Swi) BMC Racing Team
77 Heinrich Haussler (Aus) IAM Cycling
78 Nelson Oliveira (Por) Lampre – Merida
79 Jurgen Roelandts (Bel) Lotto-Belisol
80 Kévin Reza (Fra) Team Europcar
81 Rafael Valls (Spa) Lampre – Merida
82 Matteo Trentin (Ita) Omega Pharma-Quick Step 0:10:57
83 Michal Golas (Pol) Omega Pharma-Quick Step 0:11:21
84 Jan Barta (Cze) Team Netapp-Endura 0:11:31
85 Gregory Rast (Swi) Trek Factory Racing 0:11:36
86 Tony Martin (Ger) Omega Pharma-Quick Step
87 Amaël Moinard (Fra) BMC Racing Team
88 Jérémy Roy (Fra) FDJ.fr
89 John Degenkolb (Ger) Team Giant-Shimano 0:11:48
90 Ruben Plaza Molina (Spa) Movistar Team 0:12:17
91 Imanol Erviti Ollo (Spa) Movistar Team 0:12:23
92 David Lopez Garcia (Spa) Team Sky 0:12:24
93 José Serpa (Col) Lampre – Merida 0:12:26
94 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) BMC Racing Team 0:12:44
95 Kristijan Koren (Slo) Cannondale 0:12:45
96 Stef Clement (Ned) Belkin Pro Cycling 0:12:55
97 John Gadret (Fra) Movistar Team 0:13:19
98 Peter Stetina (USA) BMC Racing Team 0:13:31
99 Lieuwe Westra (Ned) Astana Pro Team 0:13:41
100 Adam Hansen (Aus) Lotto-Belisol 0:13:57
101 Nicolas Edet (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 0:14:34
102 Benat Intxausti (Spa) Movistar Team 0:14:40
103 Bryan Coquard (Fra) Team Europcar 0:14:48
104 Jon Izaguirre Insausti (Spa) Movistar Team
105 Reto Hollenstein (Swi) IAM Cycling
106 Markel Irizar Arranburu (Spa) Trek Factory Racing
107 Vasili Kiryienka (Blr) Team Sky
108 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Garmin – Sharp
109 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Movistar Team 0:14:52
110 Cyril Lemoine (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 0:15:05
111 Jean-Marc Bideau (Fra) Bretagne – Seche Environnement 0:15:07
112 Koen De Kort (Ned) Team Giant-Shimano 0:15:14
113 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Orica Greenedge 0:15:39
114 Roy Curvers (Ned) Team Giant-Shimano 0:15:41
115 Alexandre Pichot (Fra) Team Europcar 0:15:53
116 Jens Voigt (Ger) Trek Factory Racing
117 Matteo Montaguti (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale 0:16:16
118 Benjamin King (USA) Garmin – Sharp
119 Julien Simon (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 0:16:23
120 Sébastien Minard (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:16:24
121 Lars Boom (Ned) Belkin Pro Cycling 0:16:26
122 Maciej Bodnar (Pol) Cannondale 0:16:27
123 Matthew Busche (USA) Trek Factory Racing 0:16:34
124 Sergio Miguel Moreira Paulinho (Por) Tinkoff-Saxo 0:16:43
125 Luca Paolini (Ita) Team Katusha 0:17:05
126 Zakkari Dempster (Aus) Team Netapp-Endura 0:17:09
127 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Team Europcar 0:17:15
128 Florian Guillou (Fra) Bretagne – Seche Environnement 0:17:25
129 Florian Vachon (Fra) Bretagne – Seche Environnement 0:17:30
130 Rein Taaramäe (Est) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 0:17:34
131 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Tinkoff-Saxo 0:17:44
132 Yohann Gene (Fra) Team Europcar 0:17:53
133 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) IAM Cycling 0:18:12
134 Gatis Smukulis (Lat) Team Katusha 0:18:14
135 Matthieu Ladagnous (Fra) FDJ.fr 0:18:16
136 Lars Bak (Den) Lotto-Belisol 0:18:30
137 Luis Angel Mate Mardones (Spa) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 0:18:41
138 Maarten Wynants (Bel) Belkin Pro Cycling 0:18:44
139 Xabier Zandio Echaide (Spa) Team Sky 0:18:49
140 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Tinkoff-Saxo
141 Christian Meier (Can) Orica Greenedge 0:18:50
142 Perrig Quemeneur (Fra) Team Europcar 0:18:51
143 Joaquim Rodriguez (Spa) Team Katusha 0:18:57
144 Svein Tuft (Can) Orica Greenedge 0:19:04
145 Thomas Leezer (Ned) Belkin Pro Cycling 0:19:35
146 Luke Durbridge (Aus) Orica Greenedge
147 Marcel Kittel (Ger) Team Giant-Shimano 0:19:50
148 André Greipel (Ger) Lotto-Belisol
149 Danny Van Poppel (Ned) Trek Factory Racing
150 Romain Feillu (Fra) Bretagne – Seche Environnement
151 Arnaud Demare (Fra) FDJ.fr
152 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Omega Pharma-Quick Step
153 Alexander Porsev (Rus) Team Katusha
154 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Team Sky
155 Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) Garmin – Sharp 0:19:59
156 Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 0:20:12
157 Dmitriy Gruzdev (Kaz) Astana Pro Team
158 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Lotto-Belisol 0:20:24
159 Mickaël Delage (Fra) FDJ.fr 0:21:12
160 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Omega Pharma-Quick Step 0:21:14
161 William Bonnet (Fra) FDJ.fr 0:21:23
162 Sep Vanmarcke (Bel) Belkin Pro Cycling 0:21:38
163 Armindo Fonseca (Fra) Bretagne – Seche Environnement 0:21:42
164 Benoit Jarrier (Fra) Bretagne – Seche Environnement 0:21:45
165 Andreas Schillinger (Ger) Team Netapp-Endura 0:21:55
166 Arnaud Gerard (Fra) Bretagne – Seche Environnement 0:21:56
167 Cedric Pineau (Fra) FDJ.fr 0:22:04
168 Tom Veelers (Ned) Team Giant-Shimano 0:22:06
169 Adrien Petit (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 0:22:15
170 Blel Kadri (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:22:25
171 José Pimenta Costa Mendes (Por) Team Netapp-Endura 0:22:38
172 Jean Marc Marino (Fra) Cannondale
173 Mikael Cherel (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
174 Elia Viviani (Ita) Cannondale 0:23:00
175 Bart De Clercq (Bel) Lotto-Belisol 0:23:19
176 Roger Kluge (Ger) IAM Cycling 0:23:29
177 Alex Howes (USA) Garmin – Sharp 0:23:57
178 Ramunas Navardauskas (Ltu) Garmin – Sharp 0:24:09
179 Michael Morkov (Den) Tinkoff-Saxo 0:24:14
180 Albert Timmer (Ned) Team Giant-Shimano 0:24:17
181 Danny Pate (USA) Team Sky 0:24:30
182 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Astana Pro Team 0:24:31
183 Vladimir Isaichev (Rus) Team Katusha 0:24:42
184 Jesus Alberto Hernandez Blazquez (Spa) Tinkoff-Saxo 0:25:09
185 Dries Devenyns (Bel) Team Giant-Shimano 0:25:25
186 Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:25:48
187 David De La Cruz Melgarejo (Spa) Team Netapp-Endura 0:26:46
188 Jack Bauer (NZl) Garmin – Sharp 0:27:01
189 Davide Cimolai (Ita) Lampre – Merida 0:28:42
190 Rafal Majka (Pol) Tinkoff-Saxo 0:28:55
191 Edward King (USA) Cannondale 0:32:08
192 Cheng Ji (Chn) Team Giant-Shimano 0:32:51
193 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Omega Pharma-Quick Step 0:35:54
194 Ariel Maximiliano Richeze (Arg) Lampre – Merida 0:40:28